[12569] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Physical transport media
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DAVE NORDLUND)
Tue Sep 23 11:22:38 1997
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:11:28 CST-600
From: DAVE NORDLUND <nordlund@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu>
In-reply-to: <199709181454.JAA28917@ixc_fw0.ixc-comm.net>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Reply-to: d-nordlund@ukans.edu
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 10:00:28 -0500
> From: Per Engstrom <PEngstrom@ixc-comm.net>
> Subject: RE: Physical transport media
> To: 'Michael Dillon' <michael@priori.net>
> Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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> > At 5:04 PM -0400 9/16/97, Tim Gibson wrote:
> > >If I may be so bold here Michael, the TTL of steel is significantly
> > less
> > >than so many other datagrams, many due to R.educed U.seable S.urface
> > >T.ransparancy.
> >
> > We think that we have the R.U.S.T problem licked by using stainless
> > steel
> > BBs and by using a petroleum based liquid transport medium. We need
> > the
> > mass of steel in the datagrams to protect against backhoe fade. After
> > a few
> > backhoe operators get torn to shreds by a stream of IP packets from
> > cut
> > transport pipes, those big yellow machines will show a little more
> > respect
> > and watch where they stick their big yellow buckets.
> >
> I can see it now... " We have a BS-3 down due to oil change
> maintenance."
History. In the early 70's, our Honeywell main frame used 167 disk drives.
They moved their heads with hydraulic pistons. We had to shut down the
mainframe about once a year to change the oil.
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Dave Nordlund d-nordlund@ukans.edu
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